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Phys.org / Wintertime spike in oceanic iron levels detected near Hawaii

Around the world, phytoplankton in the upper ocean help to cycle key nutrients and regulate Earth's climate by absorbing carbon dioxide. These photosynthesizing organisms rely on dissolved iron as an essential micronutrient, ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Tantalum oxide addition slows lithium-ion battery capacity loss by nearly half

Skoltech researchers have developed a new method to improve the cathode, a key battery component. They proposed doping the cathode material with high-valent tantalum and discovered that adding 0.5 mole % of tantalum oxide ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Blocking collagen signaling boosts drug delivery in pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest malignancies, with survival rates remaining dismally low despite major advances in oncology. One of the key reasons lies in the disease's unique fibrotic microenvironment—a dense, ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Medical research
Phys.org / Study links vanishing of specific heats at absolute zero with principle of entropy increase

In a new publication, Professor José-María Martín-Olalla, from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Seville, has described the direct link between the vanishing of specific heats at absolute ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Missing myelin in key brain cells erases first wave of sensory signals

Our nerve cells are surrounded by a protective layer (myelin). This protective layer allows signals to pass between cells incredibly quickly. But what happens when this layer goes missing from cells that transfer signals ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Exposing a single active site in nanoclusters boosts catalytic activity for green energy

There is a dire need for selective catalysts that allow us to consistently achieve a desired outcome in a chemical reaction. It is this consistency that allows for more efficient, energy-saving ways of producing fuel. A team ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Shape-shifting cell channel reveals new target for precision drugs

From small ions to large molecules, cellular gates control what can pass in and out of cells. But how one such gate, called pannexin-1 (PANX1), can handle vastly different cargo sizes has remained a long-standing mystery.

Dec 11, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / The evolutionary mysteries of a rare parasitic plant: Shrinking plastids and strange reproductive strategies

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of Okinawa, grows what most might mistake for a mushroom—but it is actually a very unique plant with some ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Antibody formulation could enable simple injections instead of lengthy hospital infusions

Antibody treatments for cancer and other diseases are typically delivered intravenously, because of the large volumes that are needed per dose. This means the patient has to go to a hospital for every treatment, where they ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Immunology
Tech Xplore / New system efficiently explains AI judgments in real-time

A research team led by Professor Jaesik Choi of KAIST's Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, in collaboration with KakaoBank Corp, has developed an accelerated explanation technology that can explain the basis of an artificial ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Phys.org / The American West's most iconic tree is disappearing

A profound unraveling is underway in the American Southwest, happening across a thousand-mile arc from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the central Sierra. In an unprecedented calamity, the most widely distributed, most iconic tree ...

Dec 9, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Non-opioid 'pain sponge' therapy shows promise for chronic pain relief and halting cartilage degeneration

SereNeuro Therapeutics, a preclinical biotechnology company developing non-opioid pain therapies, has unveiled new data on a novel approach to chronic pain management and joint tissue preservation. The data highlight SN101, ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Neuroscience